jpdb beta

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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poor student

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to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

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receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

2

four years

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time; years

2

pupil in ... year; student in ... year

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stopping at; going no further than

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tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

2

virtue

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graduate; alumnus

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to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

2

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

2

impossible to do (although wants to)

2

three years

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theologian

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sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

4

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

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evil god

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invitation; introduction; temptation

2

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

2

extermination; expulsion; destruction

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

3

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

3

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)

1

sin; iniquity; crime

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harm; injury; evil (influence)

1

wind-swept; exposed to the wind

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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dawn

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to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

1

sender

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handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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follower; attendant; valet; servant

2

marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

1

there is nothing

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inferiority; low grade

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to complain; to make a complaint

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recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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